Post your WATCH collection! [pics]

Thinking about buying

Citizen and Seiko make nice watches.
Anyone looking to spend around the $220 mark should seriously consider the Orange and Black Monsters. Have both of them and they are very well made. There's likely no difference in build quality but if you look around you can get the ones that say made in Japan. From what I have seen, for most watch collectors they are a must.
good place online that I purchased from:

New Seiko SRP309 Monster Japan Automatic Orange Dial Diver's 200M Men's Watch | eBay

New Seiko SRP307 Monster Japan Automatic Black Dial Diver's 200M Men's Watch | eBay

Just put in Seiko Monster for a search and you'll see what I mean. Hard to explain just how nice they are. You can get it with a rubber strap but it's more cost effective to buy it with the stainless and just purchase the rubber one to save $. Costs a lot more to buy the stainless strap separate. In a lot of ways, it just feels like the perfect watch.

Bottom line is you don't need to spend a ton.

My Casio PRG-250T:
Altimeter, Barometer, Digital Compass, Thermometer, Moon Phase, Multiple Time Zone, Tide Indicator, Titanium Solid Band, 200m, Mineral Glass, Electro-luminescent backlight, Solar powered.

Main Time, tide, moon face:


Barometric Pressure, temperature face:


Altimeter face:


Compass & Heading Face:

Holy Sh*t that's a lot of functions!

Pman said:

Citizen and Seiko make nice watches.
Anyone looking to spend around the $220 mark should seriously consider the Orange and Black Monsters. Have both of them and they are very well made. There's likely no difference in build quality but if you look around you can get the ones that say made in Japan. From what I have seen, for most watch collectors they are a must.
good place online that I purchased from:

New Seiko SRP309 Monster Japan Automatic Orange Dial Diver's 200M Men's Watch | eBay

New Seiko SRP307 Monster Japan Automatic Black Dial Diver's 200M Men's Watch | eBay

Just put in Seiko Monster for a search and you'll see what I mean. Hard to explain just how nice they are. You can get it with a rubber strap but it's more cost effective to buy it with the stainless and just purchase the rubber one to save $. Costs a lot more to buy the stainless strap separate. In a lot of ways, it just feels like the perfect watch.

Bottom line is you don't need to spend a ton.

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Monsters are great, but they are just a few mms from being unwearable. Still a bit big for me

Edit; Can be found for less than 200!
http://www.amazon.com/Seiko-SRP309-...&qid=1414897135&sr=8-2&keywords=monster+seiko

kilter said:

.. that's a lot of functions!

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Yep, I love this watch, it's handy for what I do and also for astro work when out in the field.

Lots of "bang" in the upper Casio lineup. The titanium band is a big plus there.
Personally like a "hefty" watch and prefer metal/leather over rubber/silicone strap/band. My larger Casios feel so strange to me being that big and weighing nothing. Wear a Casio when we go hiking at parks.
Didn't look for a cheaper Monster as I just sent the links where I purchased mine that are the J1 model (versus the K1). At the time, the seller had them for $200. People have been debating whether there's any difference between where they are made for quite some time. Just figured that when I was looking into them I might as well get the J1 and not wonder about it.
Really don't consider myself a "collector" even though everyone accept some collectors would say I am. Don't have a list of must haves and could care less what the snobs out there would say about the cheapos mixed in. Just like watches and picked them up here and there when I saw something I liked or was given. Fascinated by them like most of us are by lasers. Have maybe 10 cheapo Chinese skeleton windups/automatics from Ebay that ranged from 3-20 bucks that are pretty cool looking. They can't handle abuse and you must be careful winding them but they do work. Don't be surprised when they break though

Thought this looked cool for 12 bucks.

No one else with cool watches????

If I had the money, I would have a lot more watches.
I love out of the ordinary watches with built in radios or holographic time projections or laser pointers and things like that.
Found a number of watches I would have liked to buy, but I chose lasers as my pricey hobby over a watch collection :crackup:

:bumpit::bumpit:

Was looking through some mechanical self-winding skeleton watches and found this by swatch (a Swiss company): BODY & SOUL (YAS100G) - Swatch United States - Swatch Watches



I found it on amazon and ebay for under $140
would you recommend swatch at all?
I have been looking for non-bling smaller watches that can fit slim wrists and this one is the smallest skeleton watch I have found so far.

Edit: I cant afford to collect watches at all but I have in fact been wanting an analog watch to replace my large digital one.
Also, I am still on edge about getting a skeleton/mechanical watch cause I have been told they are for much older people and I am still in my late teen years.

Would be a younger guy wearing a dress watch without a suit

Edit #2: Sorry for the multiple edits, I think I might just buy a cheaper basic analog watch for now and get a nicer one later on.

This Timex one for $30 caught my eye:

YES swatch's are VERY good value watches. To prove my point, take a look at all of the watches that the Swatch Group makes:

Breguet, Harry Winston, BLANCPAIN, Glashütte Original, Jaquet Droz, Léon Hatot, Omega, Longines, Rado, Union Glashütte, Tissot, Balmain, Certina, Mido, Hamilton, Calvin Klein watches + jewelry, Swatch, Flik Flak.

Blancpain? Omega? Longines? Hamilton? You can't tell me you haven't heard of those!



Edit: why no one of these:
http://toolsandtoys.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/seiko-SNK809-automatic-watch.jpg

Automatic, really reliable movement, insanely good reviews, SEIKO, 55 DOLLARS!!!

No one else with a collection?

kilter said:

No one else with a collection?

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I guess so. Don't think there are many laser collectors who are also watch collectors.
I know there has got to be a lot more people who wear a watch at least.

kilter said:

No one else with a collection?

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I have another one to post, just haven't had a chance to get it out and take pics.
I'll do it soon.